The newest modular gun Lebedev MPL and its modification of MPL-1 adopted for the service of the Federal Service for the National Guard troops (Rosgvardia). This agency TASS reported by the Director General of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies Dmitry Tarasov.
he explained that the concern was completed by the development of pistols under the cartridge 9 to 19 millimeters to perform special tasks and transferred prototypes to approbate in the Rosgvardia division. Earlier, they successfully passed state tests.
A distinctive feature of new pistols is ergonomics, including the bilateral location of the controls. Also Tarasov called the advantage of a low-positioned barrel, thanks to which the gun during shooting swells up, which allows you to quickly produce aimed repeated shots.
It is expected that the Lebedev Pistol will come to replace the Makarov Pistol, adopted in 1951. Since the launch of PM to mass production, several million units of weapons were released.